8599782

Method for Performing a Harq Operation in a Radio Communications System, and Method and Apparatus for Allocation of Subframes

PublishedDecember 3, 2013
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1. A method for allocating subframes in a wireless communication system that performs communication by using a radio frame including a plurality of subframes, the method comprising: receiving an uplink grant in a backhaul downlink subframe #n (n being a integer number), wherein the uplink grant comprises an offset value; transmitting uplink data based on the uplink grant in a backhaul uplink subframe #(n+4); and determining a backhaul downlink subframe in which an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the uplink data is to be received, wherein when a backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is a limitation subframe and the offset value indicates one subframe, the determined backhaul downlink subframe is a subframe shifted from the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) by the offset value and the ACK/NACK is received in the determined backhaul downlink subframe, and wherein when the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is the limitation subframe and the offset value indicates more than one subframe, the determined backhaul downlink subframe is the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) and the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is punctured, and wherein the limitation subframe is a subframe in which essential information for a relay user equipment is transmitted.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio frame is configured of ten subframes and the ten subframes sequentially have subframe indices from 0 to 9.

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3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the limitation subframes are subframes having any one of the subframe indices within the radio frame corresponding to 0, 4, 5, and 9 when the wireless communication system is operated in a frequency division duplex (FDD) scheme.

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4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the limitation subframes are subframes having any one of the subframe indices within the radio frame corresponding to 0, 1, 5, and 6 when the wireless communication system is operated in a time division duplex (TDD) scheme.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined subframe is an initially positioned subframe among subframes positioned after the backhaul downlink sub frame #(n+8).

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined subframe is a last positioned subframe among subframes positioned before the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8).

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined subframe is a subframe temporally closest to the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8).

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8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink data is transmitted through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and the ACK/NACK is received through a physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (PHICH).

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9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink grant is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

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10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset value indicates an interval of subframes that are to be shifted from the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8).

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11. An apparatus comprising: a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting and receiving radio signals; and a processor connected to the RF unit, wherein the processor is configured for: receiving an uplink grant in a backhaul downlink subframe #n (n is a integer number), wherein the uplink grant comprises an offset value; transmitting uplink data based on the uplink grant in a backhaul uplink subframe #(n+4); and determining a backhaul downlink subframe in which an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the uplink data is to be received, wherein when a backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is a limitation subframe and the offset value indicates one subframe, the determined backhaul downlink subframe is a subframe shifted from the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) by the offset value and the ACK/NACK is received in the determined backhaul downlink subframe, and wherein when the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is the limitation subframe and the offset value indicates more than one subframe, the determined backhaul downlink subframe is the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) and the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8) is punctured, and wherein the limitation subframe is a subframe in which essential information for a relay user equipment is transmitted.

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12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the offset value indicates an interval of subframes that are to be shifted from the backhaul downlink subframe #(n+8).

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December 3, 2013

Inventors

Jae Hoon Chung
So Yeon Kim
Moon II Lee
Kyu Jin Park
Hyun Soo Ko
Seung Hee Han
Yeong Hyeon Kwon

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